The digital office has been part of everyday life for many since the start of the pandemic. The “crown” shows where it is already obsolete to go to the authorities.
Is a new residence registration required after moving house or does the tax return have to be filed again? Where you used to have to make a pilgrimage to the office, an online signature is now enough and you can navigate the “trails” comfortably from the couch. The republic has more than 200 digital services for its citizens. “In 2024 we want to offer almost everything online,” says the responsible State Secretary Florian Tursky.
The key to the services, ie the “digital signature”, requires users to register. The signature of the mobile phone is currently being switched to the ID Austria. For most of the three million mobile phone signature users, the switch works simply in the app.
The app also allows you to request absentee votes
Once you have your signature, there are several uses: The “Digitales Amt” app allows users to quickly provide official channels on their mobile phones or tablets. Austrians currently most frequently use services related to the topics of birth, motor vehicles and driving license in the “Digitales Amt” app.
“For the upcoming federal presidential elections, you can now voting cards just apply with the app,” explains Tursky. For example, you can use the app Newborn Documents to apply for. For a certificate of good conduct no more going to the police. Likewise for a theft report you don’t have to visit any post anymore.
The app also takes you directly to the other e-government platforms, such as JusticeOnline or MeineSV. On JusticeOnline you keep an overview procedures and files.
For example, on the MeineSV platform you can: elective doctor’s bills Submit. also a self-insurance can online, a new e-card can also be ordered.
The business service portal helps freelancers. In addition, many grant applications must already be submitted online on the website of the paying agent.
The FinanzOnline platform (currently in relaunch) is suitable for tax questions from individuals and entrepreneurs: there you can: tax return filing, provided this is not done automatically via the employee tax assessment. More than five million Austrians use the site. In addition to your mobile phone signature, you can use your username or participant identification to get started.
The costs for users are often eliminated online
Besides saving time, you can also save money. Who in Vienna a park pickerl applied for, pays less for it online. The application for the Registration Confirmation is even free online.
Many applications already exist, “but there is still a lot to do,” Tursky says. The next steps are: a digital driving license from September and a document service, with which citizens can order extracts from the Central Register of Persons. Even for them wedding in the future you only have to go to the registry office once, the app is enough for registration. Only the marriage itself is likely to continue to take place ‘offline’ as digitization progresses.
Source: Krone
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